Clip for structural ironwork.



G. E. RHORER.

CLIP FOR STRUCTURAL IRONWORK.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.26,1906.

PATENTED FEB. 25 1908.

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CHARLES E. RHORER, OF COLUMBUS,,INDIANA.

CLIP FOR STRUCTURAL IRONWORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed December 26. 1906. Serial No, 349.509.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. RHORER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of Bartholomew and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clips forStructural Ironwork, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in metal plates, or clips, forsecuring the transverse members of structural iron and steelconstructions to the girders and other supporting members, and theobject of the invention is to provide plates or clips which may beclamped to the girders by being bent around them, and which will havetongues punched up from ,the body of the plate to embrace the base-edgesof the transverse members resting thereon.

I accomplish the object of the invention by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawing in which Figure 1, is a Iperspective view of atransverse member astened to an I-beam or girder by means of my improvedclip. Fig. 2, is a pers ective View of the clip shown in Fig. 1, preiminary to its application to the girder. Fig. 3, is a perspective viewof a channel bar with a transverse member fastened thereto by means of amodified form of clip, and Fig. 4, is a perspective view of thismodified form of cli Like characters of reference indicate like partsthroughout the several views of the drawing.

6 represents a steel or iron I-beam or girder of usual construction, and7 is a transverse member to be fastened thereto.

8 is my improved clip comprising a body or plate which rests upon andextends across the I-beam, with the ends 9 of said plate bent down andthen back under the edges of the top flange of the beam so as to preventthe removal of the clip. Portions of the body or plate are punched up toform the two parallel tongues 10, which are separate from each other adistance equal to the width of the-base of the transverse member 7.These two tongues are staggered that is, are

placed at diagonal opposite corners of the plate in order to tighten theclip on the transverse member and I-beam by bending the tongues downupon the base flanges of the transverse member. This is due to thestaggered or diagonal arrangement of the tongues which cants the clip soas to cause it to bind. After the clip is fastened to the beam or girder6, by clamping its ends around the top of the beam as shown, thetransverse member is laid between the tongues of the clip and is securedin that position by bending the tongues towards each other so as toembrace the base-edge of the transverse member as shown.

In applying the invention to other forms of girders, such as thechannel-bar shown in Fig. 3, the end 12, of the plate is extended downat right angles to the bottom of the girder and then horizontally to theedge of the lower flange and then it is bent around the latter in amanner as shown. In other respects this clip is the same as the one usedin the construction shown in Fig. 1. Other modifications along this linemay be necessary to adapt my improved cli to different forms of girders,and I do not esire to limit my invention to the exact form shown, but

What I claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is The combination with a girder and a member transverse thereto,of a clip for attaching the transverse member to said girder, said clipcomprising a plate laid between the transverse member and the girder,having tongues struck out and upright from the body of the plate, saidtongues being adapted to be struck down u on the flanges of thetransverse member anc thereby place the plate adjacent to the base ofsaid tongue ad ditionally in tension, the ends of said plate beingextended and bent around the girder to embrace the latter and lock theclip thereto.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 18th day of December, A. D. one thou sandnine hundred and six.

CHARLES E. RHORER.

WVitnesses:

J. A. MINTURN, J. F. HUTOHINGS.

